The row over the 'two-tier workforce' has been reignited with the government postponing publication of its long-awaited employment code after both unions and the private sector accused ministers of...
Voluntary organisations have slammed the troubled Criminal Records Bureau for providing a poor service. The National Council for Voluntary Organisations said its members had 'an extreme lack of...
Local government leaders and ministers will shortly agree the terms of reference for the long-awaited balance of funding review, allowing work finally to get under way.
As the Fire Brigades Union heads towards a resumption of its strike programme, Prime Minister Tony Blair has maintained his tough stance, saying the stoppages are 'wrong, dangerous and unjustified'.
The Private Finance Initiative offers few benefits to education, and high-performing councils should be given the freedom to explore other methods of procurement, the Audit Commission concluded in a...
Westminster City Council has accused the Office for National Statistics of refusing to allow ministers to see data that could be crucial in resolving their dispute over the 2001 census.
Education personnel were the biggest public sector beneficiaries of the New Year's honours list, but other notable achievers came from local government, health and the public sciences.
Local authorities are protesting to the government after having their budgets for housing investment cut. While total housing expenditure is increasing by 6% in 2003/04, some councils are worse off...
Local government leaders have gone on the offensive over this year's finance settlement amid fears that increases in education funding could mean other services are starved of cash.
Ministers are gearing themselves for another battle with Tory peers over the controversial Section 28 legislation, which prevents councils from promoting homosexuality.
Westminster City Council is on the brink of launching legal action against the government's registrar general after allegations that the 2001 census was wildly inaccurate.
Labour has not done enough to stop local government's powers being sapped by Whitehall and must accept its share of the blame, the party's general secretary has admitted.
The controversy surrounding Comprehensive Performance Assessments looked likely to stretch into the new year as this week at least three councils launched legal bids to have their judgements...
The prospect of a speedy settlement of the firefighters dispute looked increasingly unlikely this week after both the government and employers confirmed that negotiations would now be limited to the...
All eight arm's-length management organisations for housing that began operating in April have secured their immediate funding after receiving two or more stars from inspectors.
Average council tax bills in London are likely to top £1,000 if Mayor Ken Livingstone's estimated cost of policing the capital in the wake of heightened terrorism fears is accepted by the London...
Taxpayers may end up paying millions of pounds to deal with problems caused by abandoned waste sites because of poor costing by operators, says the National Audit Office.
London-based Beaver Housing Society has become the first registered social landlord to be strongly criticised by inspectors from the Housing Corporation.
New Labour's suggested shake-up of the UK pension system, dubbed the 'work until you drop' package, is merely storing up problems for the future, according to public sector experts, opposition...
